South Africa’s Airlink to acquire 5 E-Jets
South African regional airline Airlink will acquire 3 Embraer E170s and 2 E190s from Embraer subsidiary ECC Leasing, as part of a wider plan to take 13 E-Jets in total. An Embraer spokesman confirmed that the aircraft have been sold, rather than leased, by ECC to Airlink. Independently owned Airlink will start to receive the aircraft in the first half of 2017, marking the type’s South African debut. “This is the beginning of the implementation of a well-planned growth and modernisation strategy for Airlink that includes replacing our current fleet of Avro RJ85s over the next three years. The strategy calls for a total of 13 E-Jets, and we are in the process of sourcing the balance of the fleet requirement—an additional 8 E190s—from the market,” Airlink CE Rodger Foster said. <br/>
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South Africa’s Airlink to acquire 5 E-Jets
South African regional airline Airlink will acquire 3 Embraer E170s and 2 E190s from Embraer subsidiary ECC Leasing, as part of a wider plan to take 13 E-Jets in total. An Embraer spokesman confirmed that the aircraft have been sold, rather than leased, by ECC to Airlink. Independently owned Airlink will start to receive the aircraft in the first half of 2017, marking the type’s South African debut. “This is the beginning of the implementation of a well-planned growth and modernisation strategy for Airlink that includes replacing our current fleet of Avro RJ85s over the next three years. The strategy calls for a total of 13 E-Jets, and we are in the process of sourcing the balance of the fleet requirement—an additional 8 E190s—from the market,” Airlink CE Rodger Foster said. <br/>
